Dozens of civilians were killed and wounded during a security operation carried out by Israeli forces, through which they were able to free four hostages who were being held by Hamas.
The operation took place in broad daylight and witnessed the participation of hundreds of fighters from the Shin Bet units, the Yamam unit, and Israeli special forces, and continued for 3 hours of violent confrontations.
According to the information received, the Israelis took advantage of the American floating port near the coast to facilitate their entry into the Strip, using vehicles bearing relief signs to avoid suspicion of being a military force, which allowed them to advance quickly towards the hostage site.
During the operation, fire was exchanged with the Palestinian factions, which led to the disruption of a car carrying the hostages, but the rescue force was waiting nearby and intervened immediately to secure the extraction of the hostages and transport them to the helipad.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally supervised the implementation through a special operations room, while the army announced that Noah Argamani (25 years old), Almog Meir Gan (21 years old), Andrei Kozlov (27 years old), and Shlomi Ziv (40 years old) had been liberated. ) from two separate sites in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that an officer in the Israeli Yamam Unit was killed during the operation to recover the four detainees in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
In a related context, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said that dozens, including children, were killed and wounded in the Israeli operation.
Palestinian sources reported that the number of victims of the massacre in the Nuseirat camp had risen to 210 victims and more than 400 injured, and the number of victims was likely to rise as operations to recover victims continued.
As the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, announced, in response to the military operation in Nuseirat, that Israel will not be able to impose its options on the ground, and he added that the movement will not agree to a ceasefire deal unless it guarantees security for the Palestinians.
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